Proverbs 9:4

Simple — Ignorant, and weak.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 9:4

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Whoever [is] (e) simple, let him turn in here: [as for] him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him, (e) He who knows his own ignorance, and is...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9. The Invitations of Wisdom and Folly Contrasted. This section closes with a couple of graphic pictures of Wisdom and Folly personified,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

simple. See note on Proverbs 1:4 . understanding. Hebrew "heart". Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for understanding.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 772 WISDOM’S FEAST Proverbs 9:1-6 . Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: she hath killed her beasts; s...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Whoso is simple - Let the young, heedless, and...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither— Wisdom invites the simple, the ignorant, those who have the innocence and simplicity of children. See 1 C...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: (a...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rivals Folly and Wisdom invite guests to their respective houses. The consequences of accepting either of the two invitations are described. W...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Simple ] i.e. inexperienced, easily led, capable of being turned either way. Hence Folly ( Proverbs 9:16 ) has equal hopes of influencing them.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whoso is simple... as for him that wanteth understanding. — So God does not call many “wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble” (...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1-18 , Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Proverbs 4:1...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Two Contrasted Invitations Proverbs 9:1-18 There is an age-long competition between Wisdom and Folly, Virtue and Vice. The palace of Wisdom is...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last address is a contrast between wisdom and folly. Each is personified as a woman calling to youth. Wisdom has builded her house, and spread he...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither ,.... Into Wisdom's house, so well built and furnished; the church of Christ, as a house of instruction; a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Ver. 4. Whoso is simple. ] And with it persu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whoso is simple Ignorant, weak, and liable to be deceived, but willing to learn; let him turn in hither For there is no man so ignorant but he is...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath h...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Simple; ignorant, and weak, and subject to delusion, and willing to learn; to show that wisdom rejects those scholars who are proud and self-concei...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Appeal Of Woman Wisdom To The Naive ( Proverbs 9:1-6 ). After making full and generous preparations Wisdom calls on the naive to respond to an...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Appeal To The Naive And Those Lacking In Understanding ( Proverbs 9:3-4 ). The emphasis now moves to Wisdom's call to the naive, and to ‘those who...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 9:1 . Wisdom , in the plural, as in chap. Proverbs 1:20 , to express excellence and dignity. Proverbs 9:2 . She hat...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 9:1-6 The marriage supper for the king's son. I. The house. The frame is set up from everlasting, well-ordered in all things, and sure....
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 9:3-4 , Proverbs 9:16 I. Choose. Here is the manliness of manhood, that a man has a reason for what he does, and has a will in doing...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 9:1 . Wisdom hath builded her house. This chapter opens with a sublime allegory. We see the princess, the mother of angels and men, enthr...
The Biblical Illustrator

Wisdom hath builded her house. Wisdom’s invitation The Bible is fully of mystery, not merely in its doctrines, but also in the manner and in th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. The choice of wisdom Life is reduced to an alternative; there is clearly marked out for us all, at the...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 9:1-20 15. Fifteenth admonitory discourse, containing in a parabolic form an invitation of Wisdom ( Proverbs 9:1-20 )...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Banquet of Wisdom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Whoso is simple, inexperienced, not yet acquainted with the dangers and temptations of life, let him turn in hither, to partake of wisdom's banquet...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 11:25 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 6:32 ; Proverbs 8:5 ; Proverbs 9:16 ; Psalms 119:130 ; Psalms 19:7 ; Revelation 22:17 ; Revelation...

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Related Commentaries of Proverbs 9:4

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 9:4